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Jake Tinsley
Jake Tinsley
  • Year:
    Jr
  • Hometown:
    Kettering, Ohio
  • High School:
    Eaton
  • Major:
    Sport Management

Bio

Junior (2015-16):  All-HCAC ... HCAC All-Sportsmanship Team ... Played in every tournament during the fall and spring ... Averaged 78.8 strokes per round during the fall in four tournaments and five rounds of 18 holes ... Carded a low round of 74 strokes at the Defiance Jon P. Spiess Invitational ... Finished a season-best ninth on two occasions ... Averaged 78.6 strokes during the spring in six tournaments and 11 rounds ... Shot a low round of 72 strokes during the second round of the HCAC Championships ... Ended the HCAC Championships with a four-round total of 301 strokes (73+72+79+77=301) to place fourth overall earning All-Conference honors.

Sophomore (2014-15): Played in 11 events on the season … Played 19 rounds, shooting a season total of 1537 strokes (80.7 avg.) ... Shot a season best round of 74 ... Shot a season best of 156 in a two-round, 36-hole tournament at the Anderson Invitational ... Finished the year with a best 18-hole tournament score of 74 ... Scored a top 20 finish four times.

Freshman (2013-14): Played in five events on the season … Played 12 rounds, shooting a season total of 975 strokes (81.3 avg.) … Relative to par, averaged a +10 ... Shot a season best round of 74 ... Had a four-round, 72-hole tournament best score of 312 ... Shot a season best of 159 in a two-round, 36-hole tournament ... Scored a top 20 finish one time.

Urbana University (Fall 2013): Competed in two of the Blue Knights four tournaments they participated in during the fall … Shot a season-low round of 77 at the Northern MEC Invitational … Averaged 83 strokes per 18 holes over four rounds of action.

Prep: Four-year letterwinner at Eaton High under head coach Randy Tetkmeyer … Three-time OHSAA District Qualifier … Selected First-Team All-Southwestern Buckeye League during junior and senior seasons, along with being honored with SWBL Sportsmanship Award as a senior … Earned Honorable-Mention SWBL as a sophomore.

Personal: Born in Kettering, Ohio … Son of Jim and Tish Tinsley … Majoring in sport management.

 

News Mentions

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Golf Finishes Fourth; Miday Earns MVP at HCAC Championship

WABASH, IND. -- Sophomore Alex Miday (Canton/St. Thomas) finished as the individual champion and earned Most Valuable Player honors after the...

May 1, 2016

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Yellow Jackets Fourth After First Two Rounds of HCAC Champ

SEYMOUR, IND. -- The Defiance College men's golf team is currently fourth after the first two rounds of the 2016 Heartland Collegiate Athletic...

April 24, 2016

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Men's Golf Competes in Match Play Event

ANGOLA, IND. -- The Defiance College men's golf team competed in the Bill Gettig Match Play Invitational hosted by Trine (Ind.) University at...

April 20, 2016

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DC Men's Golf Places Fourth at Manchester

WABASH, IND. -- Junior Jake Tinsley (Eaton) finished six-over-par to lead the Defiance College men's golf team to a fourth-place showing at the...

April 17, 2016

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Yellow Jackets Finish Sixth at Hanover Invitational

SEYMOUR, IND. -- The Defiance College men's golf team placed sixth overall at the Hanover (Ind.) College Spring Invitational at Shadowood Golf...

April 10, 2016

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Miday Leads Yellow Jackets at MSJ Spring Invite

NORTH BEND, OHIO -- The Defiance College men's golf team competed at the two-day Mount St. Joseph Spring Invitational over the weekend and...

March 20, 2016

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Men's Golf Finishes Tied for Second Final Fall Tournament

NORTH MANCHESTER, IND. -- The Defiance College men's golf team placed in a tie for second overall in its final match of the fall season at the...

September 26, 2015

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Weber Shoots 70 to Lead Jackets to Third-Place Finish

DEFIANCE, OHIO -- Junior Zach Weber (Ottowville) shot a tournament-tying low round of 70 strokes (32+38=70) to lead the Defiance College men's...

September 20, 2015

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Miday Takes Top Individual Honor at Anderson (Ind.) Invite

ANDERSON, IND. -- Defiance College sophomore Alex Miday (Canton/St. Thomas) took medalist honors as the top individual and led the Yellow Jacket...

September 13, 2015